EP1512622A2 - Dispositif pour régler la longeur de la bande d'un masque de plongée - Google Patents

Dispositif pour régler la longeur de la bande d'un masque de plongée Download PDF

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EP1512622A2
EP1512622A2 EP04425638A EP04425638A EP1512622A2 EP 1512622 A2 EP1512622 A2 EP 1512622A2 EP 04425638 A EP04425638 A EP 04425638A EP 04425638 A EP04425638 A EP 04425638A EP 1512622 A2 EP1512622 A2 EP 1512622A2
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B11/00—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts
    • A44B11/006—Attachment of buckle to strap
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B11/00—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts
    • A44B11/02—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts frictionally engaging surface of straps
    • A44B11/06—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts frictionally engaging surface of straps with clamping devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B11/00—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts
    • A44B11/25—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts with two or more separable parts
    • A44B11/26—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts with two or more separable parts with push-button fastenings
    • A44B11/266—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts with two or more separable parts with push-button fastenings with at least one push-button acting parallel to the main plane of the buckle and perpendicularly to the direction of the fastening action
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B33/00—Swimming equipment attachable to the head, e.g. swim caps or goggles
    • A63B33/002—Swimming goggles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63C—LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
    • B63C11/00—Equipment for dwelling or working underwater; Means for searching for underwater objects
    • B63C11/02—Divers' equipment
    • B63C11/12—Diving masks
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F9/00—Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting-in contact lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand
    • A61F9/02—Goggles
    • A61F9/027—Straps; Buckles; Attachment of headbands
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62B—DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING
    • A62B18/00—Breathing masks or helmets, e.g. affording protection against chemical agents or for use at high altitudes or incorporating a pump or compressor for reducing the inhalation effort
    • A62B18/08—Component parts for gas-masks or gas-helmets, e.g. windows, straps, speech transmitters, signal-devices
    • A62B18/084—Means for fastening gas-masks to heads or helmets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63C—LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
    • B63C11/00—Equipment for dwelling or working underwater; Means for searching for underwater objects
    • B63C11/02—Divers' equipment
    • B63C11/12—Diving masks
    • B63C2011/128—Straps, or the like for fastening diving masks; Accessories therefor, e.g. buckles

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  • the present invention relates generally to a device for regulating the length of the strap normally attached to a scuba diving mask to enable it to be fitted over the diver's head.
  • Scuba diving masks are known to comprise a frame, to which one or two lenses are attached with a watertight seal, a soft facepiece extending from the edge of the frame to create a seal against the diver's face, and a flexible strap, the two ends of which are connected to the two opposite sides of the frame, and the length of the strap is adjustable so as to exert sufficient tension to ensure its stable positioning against the diver's face and an adequate watertightness of the facepiece.
  • the strap's length is still commonly regulated by means of a buckle, although this is somewhat impractical to use, especially when the diver is wearing gloves, or has cold or wet hands. It is also common to find fastenings that enable the length of the strap to be adjusted without the diver needing to take off the mask.
  • a known solution of this kind involves a strap whose ends wrap around pivots located on fork-shaped side portion of the mask. The strap has transverse stop ribbing, which is engaged by a stop tooth projecting from a lever pressed elastically against said ribs. By overcoming its elastic resistance, this lever can be raised by the user, without taking off the mask, to enable the strap to slide into a new position.
  • Said elastic resistance is created by a spring in some cases, while in others the resilience of the lever itself is exploited, as it is flexed to detach the tooth from the strap to enable the latter to slide.
  • regulating the strap is still uncomfortable and tricky, especially if it is done with cold, wet hands - and it cannot be done while wearing gloves because a finger tip is needed to lift the lever to which the stop tooth engaging the strap's ribbing is attached.
  • US patent no. 5956778 discloses a particularly compact device for regulating the strap, suitable for use on swimming goggles.
  • the device comprises a stop lever and a tooth extending from the lever that engages on a rib on the strap wrapped around an underlying pivot integrally attached to a side portion on the goggles frame.
  • the stop lever comprises a first arm (in particular, in the form of a fork), having a first end pivotally connected to the side portion of the frame and a second end abutting against the bottom of a seat provided in the side portion of the frame, and a second arm, from which said tooth extends transversely, having a free first end for its operation and a second end rigidly connected to the second end of the first arm.
  • the second arm is a tongue that extends so as to be cantilevered and coplanar to the fork forming the first arm, and it has a raised portion at its free end that can be used to lift the tongue and thus disengage the transverse tooth from the rib on the strap, thereby enabling it to slide.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a device for regulating the length of the strap on a scuba diving mask that can be operated more easily and comfortably than the known devices, even wearing gloves.
  • the numeral 1 is used to indicate a scuba diving mask frame providing a watertight support for one or two lenses (not shown) and a facepiece 2 made of a soft material extending from the edge of the frame and suitable for adapting the mask to the diver's face, while also ensuring a watertight seal against the face, achieved by adjusting the tightness of the mask against the face by means of a belt or strap 3 that wraps around the diver's head.
  • the strap 3 has a set of transverse ribs 4 on one side of its terminal portions 3a, which engage in a device for fastening and regulating the length of said strap generically indicated by the numeral 5.
  • the regulating device 5 comprises a first, substantially U-shaped member 6, composed of a base 6a and a pair of brackets 6b whose expanded tips 6c extend from the base, remaining coplanar thereto, and a tongue 7 extending from the base 6a of the U-shaped member 6 between the two brackets 6b in a position substantially coplanar to said brackets.
  • a transverse tooth 8 At the free end of the tongue 7 there extends a transverse tooth 8.
  • the assembly comprising the U-shaped member 6, the tongue 7 and the corresponding tooth 8 constitutes the stop lever 16 for the regulating device according to the present invention.
  • the stop lever 16 is mounted inside a seat 12 in a fork-shaped side portion 1a that projects from the frame 1.
  • This portion 1a comprises a pair of fins 13, with a corresponding pair of coaxial holes 14, with a pivot 15 which is snap-fixed into said holes and the terminal portion 3a of the strap 3 is wrapped around said pivot.
  • the seat 12 comes between the two fins 13 and two substantially parallel walls 17 and 18 extending between them.
  • the depth of the seat 12 is such that the base 6a of the U-shaped member 6 abuts against the bottom of said seat and the expanded tips 6c on its brackets 6b abut against ribbing 19 provided along the fins 13 at the inlet to the seat 12, so that once the U-shaped member 6 has snapped into the seat 12, it remains locked therein.
  • the wall 18, forming the outer side of the seat 12 has a longitudinal slot 20, which is occupied by the column 9 extending from the tongue 7.
  • a further seat 21 is provided beyond the wall 18, contained on the outside by a wall 22 with a relevant longitudinal slot 23 lying above the slot 20 and containing the column 9 so that its enlarged end, or head, 10 projects therefrom.
  • the button-shaped end 25 and the head 10 situated on the end of the column 9 there is a sloping wall 26 corresponding to the wall 11 under the head 10 and sloping at the same angle. Pressing the button-shaped end 25 of the plate 24 causes the latter to slide in the seat 21, thereby bringing the sloping walls 26 and 11 into contact. Since the head 10 is integral to the lever 16, which cannot slide within its seat 12, said head is forced to slide along the sloping wall 26 of the button 25 with its sloping wall 11, and is thereby lifted.
  • the head 10 As the head 10 rises, it lifts the tongue 7 and consequently disengages the tooth 8 from the rib 4 on the strap 3, thus enabling the strap to slide around the pivot 15.
  • the plate 24 To return the tooth 10 automatically to engage with the rib 4 when the pressure on the button 25 is released, the plate 24 is elastically forced against the bottom of the seat 21.
  • an arm 27 extends from the end of the plate 24 opposite the button 25 and said arm is bent over to form an arc and suitable for abutting against the bottom of the seat 21 as it flexes under the effect of the pressure induced by the sliding of the plate 24, then returning to its undeformed condition when the pressure is released and thus returning the button 25 to its initial position, when the head 10 is consequently lowered and the tooth 8 re-engages with a rib 4.
  • the plate 24 To prevent the plate 24 from sliding out of its seat 21 at the end of its return stroke, it abuts against the column 9 around which it is installed.
  • the height of the column 9 is designed so that a minimal effort is needed to make the plate 24 slide and the head 10 rise.
  • the device for regulating the length of the strap on a scuba diving mask fully satisfies the established aims.
  • the device can easily be adjusted without taking off the mask, even if the diver is wearing gloves, since the lever that disengages the tooth from the ribbing on the strap is lifted by taking action not directly on the strap, using a tugging action parallel to the movement that disengages the tooth (as in the known solution), but on a button connected to the lever and consequently much more readily accessible in that pressure is exerted in a direction perpendicular to said strap movement, i.e. substantially parallel to the plane on which the end of the strap lies.

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EP04425638A 2003-09-03 2004-08-27 Dispositif pour régler la longeur de la bande d'un masque de plongée Not-in-force EP1512622B1 (fr)

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IT000082U ITFI20030082U1 (it) 2003-09-03 2003-09-03 Dispositivo per la regolazione della lunghezza della cinghietta per maschera da subacqueo
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